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National home care provider Right at Home agrees with industry experts that it is no longer possible to deliver high quality services through many local councils, due to the budget constraints that local authorities have faced in recent years. It has supported calls from the UK Homecare Association (UKHCA) for providers to be paid a minimum of £15.19 an hour, to cover wages, training and travel. Currently only a small number of councils are meeting this figure. Right at Home’s Quality Assurance Manager, Liz Walker, said: “Low charge rates equate to low care worker wages.” “Our rates allow us to pay our carers properly and to invest in their continued...

East-Midlands-based Paul Millican joined the Auditel Cost Management Franchise last November. His previous industry background has always been in process improvement and cost management. He started his career in engineering, including working for Nissan Motor Manufacturing. Paul  provided industrial engineering support for the successful launch and on-going development of the new Primera and Micra models, before moving into various manufacturing management roles. For the last ten years, he has been running his own Cost Management business. Paul recalls: “I’ve known about Auditel for about ten years and I guess I’ve been in Cost Management for about ten years as well. So when I decided to start looking at franchises, Auditel...

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Have a read of this Day in the Life article by franchisee Paul Tiltman, to get an impression of what running a management cleaning franchise with ECOCLEEN is like. It’s 06.30  and the kettle’s on for my first cup of tea of the day, followed by a quick run before starting my working day. It’s just a short drive to my office, listening to the news on the radio to catch up on world events. On arrival at my office in the centre of Ashford I spend some time checking my e-mails and phone messages. By now, it’s 09.00 and I phone my area manager, Peter, to catch up with...

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